Pierre Guillaume Deppe

Pierre Guillaume Deppe mostly Wilhelm Deppe (* March 8, 1800 in Berlin ; † December 15, 1844 there ) was a German rendant at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin. He was the author of several bird names that were new to science.

Live and act

Deppe was baptized on March 30, 1800 by Pastor Sincillion in the French Church in Berlin. His father Ferdinand Erneste Pierre Deppe, who was a trader, came from Leistenau in West Prussia . His mother Magdelaine Fréderique geb. Houfselle came from Königsberg .

On March 1, 1828, his brother turned Ferdinand Deppe in the Allgemeine Zeitung an ad in which he wrote:

"Since he is leaving Berlin on March 10th, and at the end of April this year J. intends to embark in Bordeaux, so he requests that the communications to be made to him be sent to himself here very soon, or to his authorized brother Wilhelm Deppe after the time of his departure. "

Due to the precarious financial situation of the Berlin museum, it was only able to buy a little material from Ferdinand Deppe's second trip to Mexico. Ferdinand Deppe was instructed in accordance with the highest cabinet rules of June 30, 1829 not to send any more natural history material on account of the ministry. In order to support his brother in his difficult financial situation, Wilhelm published price lists of mammals, birds, amphibians, fish and crabs, which had been collected by Messrs. Deppe and Schiede in Mexico, and from the authorized representative in Berlin against cash payment in 1830 in Preuss. Courant to be obtained . The success of this price list was, however, daunting. In 1863 Jean Louis Cabanis and August Carl Eduard Baldamus published a reprint of the rare price list in the Journal für Ornithologie , which appeared under the title Lichtenstein's Price Directory of Mexican Birds etc. from 1830 . In the preface to the reprint, they wrote:

“[In response to multiple requests, we are giving a print of a rare publication which is important for the priority of some Mexican bird species. Lichtenstein's index is contained on three square pages, each of which is divided into two columns. The print is almost similar to the original. A criticism of the new species, based on the type in the Berlin Museum, will be provided in a later issue of this journal. D. Ed.] "

The title led to confusion in academia, as it identified Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein as the author, although Deppe was the actual author of the work. In the price list, Deppe announced a publication by Lichtenstein, Prodromus Faunae Mexicanae , which was never published. For example, Robert Thomas Moore named a subspecies of the beryl lamazily ( Amazilia beryllina lichtensteini ) on the grounds:

"Named in honor of the Great German ornithologist, who described many forms of Mexican birds, including the nominate race of this species."

Of the 169 exhibits it offered, 153 were bird hides, eight reptiles, four mammals, two amphibians, a fish and a shrimp. Hobart Muir Smith looked at the herpetological exhibits on the price list in 1971 and identified four names that might have relevance according to the International Rules for Zoological Nomenclature , but which are now all regarded as nouns nudum .

Finally, Deppe offered other antiques from Mexico and wrote:

“With the undersigned there is one from Ferd. Deppe from Mexico sent a collection of antique vessels, utensils, etc. (53 numbers) for the price of 58 Friedrichsd'or for sale. "

On the original price list in the Berlin Museum of Natural History, it also offers an unspecified ...

"Collection of rare Californian splendid garments of all kinds, and carved bone work, altogether 20 numbers"

... his brother for sale. He asked for 60 Friedrichsdor as the price .

In February 1832 he submitted an application for promotion to the then Minister of Culture Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein and at the same time gave an overview of the travel activities of his brother Ferdinand and his friend Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede .

After his death, Deppe was buried on December 19, 1844 in the French cemetery in Berlin.

Entry of his baptism in the baptismal register of the French Church in Berlin
Entry of his death in the funeral register of the French Church in Berlin
Advertisement Ferdinand Deppe in the Allgemeine Zeitung (Munich) with power of attorney for his brother Wilhelm Deppe

First descriptions by Pierre Guillaume Deppe

Abttangare

Beryl lamacilia

The new species and subspecies of Deppe include chronological and a .:

species

Abttangare ( Tangara abbas ( Deppe , 1830))
Beryl lamacilia ( Amazilia beryllina ( Deppe , 1830))
Blaukron rapier wings ( Campylopterus curvipennis ( Deppe , 1830))

Yellow-billed cassike ( Amblycercus holosericeus ( Deppe , 1830))

Golden Grouse Wood Warbler ( Basileuterus culicivorus ( Deppe , 1830))

Collar Cardinal ( Caryothraustes celaeno ( Deppe , 1830))

Crab Buzzard ( Buteogallus anthracinus ( Deppe , 1830))

Plain tyrant ( Elaenia mesoleuca ( Deppe , 1830))

Mourning starling ( Dives dives ( Deppe , 1830))

Violet rapier wings ( Campylopterus hemileucurus ( Deppe , 1830))

Subspecies

Yellow-breasted warbler ( Icteria virens auricollis ( Deppe , 1830))

Gray Saltator ( Saltator coerulescens grandis ( Deppe , 1830))

Publications (selection)

Wilhelm Deppe: List of prices for mammals, birds, amphibians, fish and crabs, which were collected by Messrs. Deppe and Schiede in Mexico, and from the authorized representative in Berlin against cash payment in Preuss. Courant to be obtained . Private print by Ferdinand Deppe, Berlin 1830.

literature

Erwin Stresemann : Ferdinand Deppe's travels in Mexico, 1824–1829 . In: The Condor, an international journal of avian biology . tape 56 , no. 2 , 1954, p. 86–92 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 553 kB ]).
Ulf Bankmann: Between the Pacific and Lietzensee - Ferdinand Deppe, gardener and collector for the Berlin museums . In: Communications from the Association for the History of Berlin . tape 95 , no. 4 , 1999, p. 566-579 .
Ulf Bankmann in Gregor Wolff: "How early collections from Mexico found their way into Prussian institutions, or: The fate of Ferdinand Deppe" in Berlin and Brandenburg research on Latin America, past and present . Wissenschaftlicher Verlag WVB, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-932089-77-4 , p. 267–291 ( publications.iai.spk-berlin.de [PDF; 80.3 MB ]).
Ulf Bankmann: A Prussian in Mexican California: Ferdinand Deppe, Horticulturist, Collector for European Museums, Trader and Artist . In: Southern California Quarterly . tape 84 , no. 1 , 2002, p. 1-32 , doi : 10.2307 / 41172109 .
Hobart Muir Smith: The Status of Wilhelm Deppe's Herpetological Names . In: Journal of Herpetology . tape 5 , no. 1/2 , 1971, ISSN 0022-1511 , pp. 74-76 , doi : 10.2307 / 1562856 .
Renate Angermann, Alfred Lunt Gardner: Ferdinand Deppe's collection of Mexican mammals at the Museum of Natural History at the Humboldt University in Berlin - historical significance and current museological development . In: New Museum Studies . tape 23 , no. 3 , 1980, p. 200–208 ( universitaetssammlungen.de ).
Jean Louis Cabanis, August Carl Eduard Baldamus: Lichtenstein's price list for Mexican birds etc. from 1830 . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 11 , no. 2 , 1863, p. 54-60 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Philip Lutley Sclater: Description of a new Species of Mexican Wren . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 189 . 1869, p. 591-592 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Christiane Quaisser, André-Alexander Weller : Taxonomic identity of Trochilus verticalis W. Deppe, 1830 . In: Zoologische Mededelingen . tape 79 , no. 3 , 2005, p. 147–155 ( repository.naturalis.nl [PDF; 232 kB ]).
Robert Thomas Moore: A new race of the species, Amazilia beryllina, from Southern Mexico . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . tape 63 , 1950, pp. 59-60 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

Individual evidence

↑ Renate Angermann et al. a., p. 200.
↑ ^a ^b Erwin Stresemann, p. 88.
↑ Jean Louis Cabanis et al. a., p. 54.
↑ ^a ^b Jean Louis Cabanis u. a., p. 60.
^ Philip Lutley Sclater, p. 592.
^ Robert Thomas Moore, p. 60.
^ Hobart Muir Smith, p. 74.
^ Hobart Muir Smith, p. 76.
↑ Ulf Bankmann (1999), p. 572.
↑ Ulf Bankmann (1999), p. 571.

Remarks

↑ Christiane Quaisser and André-Alexander Weller write in their treatise on the taxonomic identity of Trochilus verticalis, however, Due to his profession, Deppe deals only with technical aspects of publications and sales and was not involved in taxonomic questions .

personal data
SURNAME	Deppe, Pierre Guillaume
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Deppe, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Rendant at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1844
Place of death	Berlin

[angermann200-1] Renate Angermann et al. a., p. 200.

[stresemann88-2] Erwin Stresemann, p. 88.

[cabanis54-3] Jean Louis Cabanis et al. a., p. 54.

[cabanis60-4] Jean Louis Cabanis u. a., p. 60.

[sclater592-5] Philip Lutley Sclater, p. 592.

[moore60-6] Robert Thomas Moore, p. 60.

[smith74-8] Hobart Muir Smith, p. 74.

[smith76-9] Hobart Muir Smith, p. 76.

[bankmann572-10] Ulf Bankmann (1999), p. 572.

[bankmann571-11] Ulf Bankmann (1999), p. 571.

[7] Christiane Quaisser and André-Alexander Weller write in their treatise on the taxonomic identity of Trochilus verticalis, however, Due to his profession, Deppe deals only with technical aspects of publications and sales and was not involved in taxonomic questions .